Table 1.
Localization | Claudin-1 | Claudin-2 | Claudin-3 | Claudin-4 | Claudin-5 | Claudin-7 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alveolar epithelium | 0 (7) | 0 (7) | + (7) | + (7) | 0 (7) | + (7) |
Bronchiolar epithelium | ++ (3) +++ (4) | ++ (2) +++ (5) | +++ (7) | ++ (4) +++ (3) | + (7) | +++ (7) |
Endothelium | (+)a (7) | 0 (7) | 0 (7) | 0 (7) | +++ (7) | 0 (7) |
Very weak expression.
Total numbers of cases are shown in parentheses.